Practical solutions in Argentina, Buenos Aires- Inter Campus
Every year, Inter Campus offers thousands of children the chance to practice sports to enhance their motor skills, improve coordination and development. Additionally, in many parts of the world, their partner support significant food projects to educate youngsters on healthy eating. These food projects are specifically aligned with the local way of life.
Argentina, Buenos Aires
In Argentina, Buenos Aires, a project in conjunction with the Pupi Foundation exists for 14 years. Now, the technical and pedagogic training continues for the local staff at Inter Campus. The main topic of the recent coaching clinics, led by Gabriele Raspelli and Davide Lubes, was how to organise training in order to help the children’s development at a key age. The course is mainly practical and puts the local coaches in the youngsters’ shoes, showing them that the drills don’t only focus on the motor side of things but also incorporate cognitive, social and emotional elements. All together, this contributes to the all-round development of their personalities.The children at the Pupi Foundation definitely come from the school of hard knocks, having grown up among poverty, drugs and violence in Remedios de Escalada on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. You can see this in their behaviour and sometimes training sessions are marked by outbursts of agitation, anger or hyperactivity because of a need to release some tension or receive some attention. Nevertheless, using the right tools you can get over any difficulty. Some particularly effective approaches here were laying down certain rules to combine enjoyment with discipline, setting specific educational and technical objectives in every training session, putting on high-intensity drills to prevent lapses in concentration and making sure all the coaches and educators are sensitive and capable of showing affection. Luckily, the girls and boys do not find this last quality in short supply with the Pupi Foundation and Inter Campus.
